BBLISA: Re: Overqualified?!?!

[gaer at math.harvard.edu (Arthur Gaer)]

I happen to strongly agree with rek2's comment.

Although many in the IT field seem resistant, there are many unions in the
US (let alone other countries) where the members are professional,
creative, and autonomous, while enjoying advantages such as job security,
high pay, and lack of workplace exploitation they gain from well reasoned,
well written, and collectively negotiated contracts.  See, for example,
the newspaper guild, the directors guild, and the various university
faculty unions.

This is something I've been thinking about for a long time, though I've
seen little organizational or political movement in this direction.  Given
the current state of employment in the IT industry, perhaps now would be a
good time to start.

Arthur Gaer
gaer at math.harvard.edu

Senior Systems Manager, Department of Mathematics
Harvard University, 617-495-1610, FAX: 617-495-5132

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, rek2 wrote:

> What IT needs is a Union ;-)
> I'm serious.
> rek2
>
> On Thursday 18 July 2002 13:13, johnmalloy at attbi.com wrote:
> > This is an issue that is affecting many hunfreds of
> > thousands IT folks.
> >
> > However, unless we work together on this (with a single
> > voice), we will never get even close to what we had 2
> > yeasr ago.
> >
> > The user group community can play a role.
> >
> > One part of this huge dillemma is the H1-B visa issue.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
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